What I was not expecting from Atlantis’s “Kinky Boots” production: a fine-tuned show that was funny and heartwarming, featuring a show-stopping performance by Nyoy Volante as Lola, the drag queen and cabaret performer at the show’s helm.

“Drag is a huge ‘fuck you’ to the idea of masculinity itself…It’s about blurring that gender line and saying ‘I don’t want to be a man. I can just be,’” says the Brooklyn-based queen and new star of Femme.

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About Team

TEAM tackles how gay Filipino men relate their identity, from fuckups to fantasies, to where to go for music you can actually dance to. We may not have proper rights in our country but we’re claiming some authority by getting our words and ideas on page. And though we lack public places to convene, an open publication (and wide-open digital space) is a good place to start.